pstrongHailed as tstrongstronghe single most effective pilot at Midway emWorld War IIem magazine, strongstrongDusty Kleiss struck and sank three Japanese warships at the Battle of Midway, including two aircraft carriers, helping turn the tide of the Second World War. This is his extraordinary memoir. strongbrppstrongNATIONAL BESTSELLER - strongstrongAN INSTANT CLASSIC --strongstrongemDallas Morning NewsemstrongppOn the morning of June 4, 1942, high above the tiny Pacific atoll of Midway, Lt. j.g. Dusty Kleiss burst out of the clouds and piloted his SBD Dauntless into a near-vertical dive aimed at the heart of Japan's Imperial Navy, which six months earlier had ruthlessly struck Pearl Harbor. The greatest naval battle in history raged around him, its outcome hanging in the balance as the U.S. desperately searched for its first major victory of the Second World War. Then, in a matter of seconds, Dusty Kleiss's daring 20,000-foot dive helped forever alter the war's trajectory. ppPlummetin